1 Chronicles 21 · Verse 7

1 Chronicles 21:7

And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
1 Chronicles 21:7, King James Version

1 Chronicles 21:7 in other translations

BSBThis command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel.
WEBGod was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Israel.
ASVAnd God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
YLTAnd it is evil in the eyes of God concerning this thing, and He smiteth Israel,
DARBYAnd God was displeased on account of this thing, and he smote Israel.
BBEAnd God was not pleased with this thing; so he sent punishment on Israel.
WebsterAnd God was displeased with this thing, therefore he smote Israel.

1 Chronicles 21:7 in the original Hebrew

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וַיֵּ֙רַע֙vai.Ye.ra'and it was displeasingH7489
בְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.Neiin [the] eyes ofH5869
הָאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הַדָּבָ֖רha.da.Varthe matterH1697
הַזֶּ֑הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
וַיַּ֖ךְvai.Yakhand he struckH5221
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃\ \פYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 21:7

  • 2 Samuel 21:1

    Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the Lord. And the Lord answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

  • Joshua 22:16-26

    Thus saith the whole congregation of the Lord, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the Lord, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the Lord? Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord, But that ye must turn away this day from following the Lord? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the Lord, that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel. Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the Lord, wherein the Lord’s tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the Lord, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the Lord our God. …

  • 2 Samuel 24:1

    And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

  • Joshua 7:13

    Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the Lord God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.

  • 1 Chronicles 21:14

    So the Lord sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.

  • Joshua 7:1

    But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel.

  • 2 Samuel 21:14

    And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.

  • 1 Kings 15:5

    Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

  • 2 Samuel 11:27

    And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord.

  • Joshua 7:5

    And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And God was displeased with this thing. Heb. And it wasevil in the eyes of God concerning this thing.
2Sa 11:27; 1Ki 15:5
he smote.
14; Jos 7:1,5,13; 22:16-26; 2Sa 21:1,14; 24:1

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 21:6

    But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.

  • 1 Chronicles 21:7

    And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.

  • 1 Chronicles 21:8

    And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

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1 Chronicles 21:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Asimismo desagradó este negocio á los ojos de Dios, é hirió á Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et cette chose fut mauvaise aux yeux de Dieu; et il frappa Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und diese Sache war übel in den Augen Gottes, und er schlug Israel.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Displicuit autem Deo quod jussum erat: et percussit Israël.